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automatic image optimization for wordpress

A while ago I wrote about optimizing the images on your website. In that post I mentioned that one of the tools that I’ve used for image optimization is an online tool offered by Yahoo called Smush.it. Well I have an RSS subscription to the WordPress subreddit and came across a post the other day for a WordPress plugin called WP Smush.it. I’ve tested it out and it’s very handy. It uses Smush.it’s API to:

caveats

“Sometimes the Smush.it service goes down or is under heavy load. If the plugin has difficulty connecting to Smush.it then automatically smushing is temporarily disabled (currently for 6 hours). You can always re-enable it via the Media > Settings screen or manually smush the image from the Media Library.”